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For Taika, Gisborne Boys’ High Basketballers Dedicate Tournament to Fallen Friend

From NZ Herald · () English

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  • Gisborne Boys’ High basketball captain Ollie Tong and vice-captain Ryland Bright played at last week’s AA Zone 2 tournament in Rotorua after the death of their friend Taika Cleland-Pottie.
  • The two friends, who were also fellow surfers and basketballers, traveled to the Gold Coast to pay tribute to the 17-year-old, who died after being struck by a car near Brisbane on August 28.

The AA Zone 2 secondary schoolboys basketball tournament in Rotorua was marked by sadness for Gisborne Boys’ High captain Ollie Tong and vice-captain Ryland Bright after the death of their friend Taika Cleland-Pottie.

Tong and Bright, who were fellow surfers and basketballers with Taika, traveled to the Gold Coast to pay tribute to the former Gisborne teenager. The 17-year-old died after being struck by a car on a highway near Brisbane on August 28.

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